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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151209 | User input for an electronic device employing a touch-sensor A graphical text entry system for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device may be, for example, a portable or hand-held electronic device such as a cellular telephone, PDA, or the like. The system includes a graphical text entry screen and a graphical... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8110459 | MOSFET having a channel region with enhanced stress and method of forming same A semiconductor device is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate, an n-channel MOSFET formed on the substrate and a p-channel MOSFET formed on the substrate. A first layer is formed to cover the n-channel MOSFET, wherein the first layer has a first flexure... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8031758 | Powerline communication (PLC) modem employing an analog electromagnetic transducer A PLC cable modem is provided which includes an analog electromagnetic field transducer for generating an electromagnetic field based on an analog electrical signal and also for generating an analog electrical signal based on an electromagnetic field. The PLC cable ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7965911 | Method of operating a tunable optical device An optical wavelength routing device utilizes a free space optical beam propagating therethrough is provided. The device includes at least one optical fiber input, at least one optical fiber output, an optical element having an actuator with at least one tilt axis a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7925669 | Method and apparatus for audio/video attribute and relationship storage and retrieval for efficient composition The invention provides a method and software for use within audio and video authoring software applications wherein the relationships between the source media files are saved and used as part of a media manager. The software allows the artist to efficiently recall w... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7889229 | Security surveillance system capable of outputting still images together with moving images The present invention relates to a security surveillance system. The security surveillance system includes an image acquisition unit, a surveillance image transmission unit, and a surveillance image reception unit. The image acquisition unit acquires captured image ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877527 | Cluster PC A computer design based on a platform of multiple central processing units (CPUs). When running multiple applications, each of the multiple CPUs performs all the processing for one of the individual applications. All of the multiple CPUs may operate below the physic... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7853126 | Multiple source recording A system and method are disclosed that accepts different types of signals from multiple sources and routes the signals to the appropriate devices for conversion or other processing so that each signal is in a common or desired format, such as the MPEG standard. The ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845014 | Method and apparatus for implementing digital rights management A method and apparatus is provided for providing digital content to a client. The method begins by receiving a request from the client to receive digital content. The client is authorized to receive the digital content and the DRM implementation employed by the clie... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815815 | Method and apparatus for processing the peripheral and edge portions of a wafer after performance of a surface treatment thereon A surface processing method includes supporting a wafer in a vacuum chamber and generating a plasma in a confined portion of the chamber over only a selected portion of the wafer to thereby perform a surface processing treatment (e.g., an ashing process) on the sele... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7799237 | Method and apparatus for etching a structure in a plasma chamber A plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma reaction chamber in which a plasma is generated for processing. First and second electrodes are located in the chamber for generating the plasma. First and second RF power sources provide RF power to the first and seco... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7754400 | Method for determining an acceptable reticle tolerance for a reticle used to produce an integrated circuit layout A method and apparatus is provided for determining an acceptable reticle tolerance for a reticle used to produce an integrated circuit layout. The method begins by specifying a wafer target CD and a wafer CD tolerance for the integrated circuit layout. A reticle tar... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747171 | Method and apparatus for alleviating slope-induced impairments to chirped optical signals propagating in an optical transmission system A method and apparatus is provided for reducing impairment to an adiabatically chirped optical signal propagating in an optical communication system. The method begins by receiving an adiabatically chirped optical signal that has traversed one or more network compon... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739335 | Method and apparatus for providing a customized selection of audio content over the internet A method and apparatus is provided for providing selected media files, which are chosen from among a plurality of media files, to a user over a packet-switched network such as the Internet. The method begins by receiving over the packet-switched network a request fr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733425 | Automatic picture conditioning based upon user input choosing a video label A method and apparatus for optimizing picture quality of a video signal. The method includes displaying a user menu having a plurality of choices of video labels; receiving a choice of video label from the plurality via an input from a user; translating the video la... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725039 | Method and apparatus for automatic port interconnection discovery in an optical network To automatically discover the port connections for all nodes in a network, a master node generates a predetermined optical signal and transmits the predetermined optical signal to a neighboring node, which signal identifies the port on which the master node transmit... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719089 | MOSFET having a channel region with enhanced flexure-induced stress A semiconductor device is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate, an n-channel MOSFET formed on the substrate and a p-channel MOSFET formed on the substrate. A first layer is formed to cover the n-channel MOSFET, wherein the first layer has a first flexure... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7639906 | Tunable optical communication system An optical wavelength routing device utilizes a free space optical beam propagating therethrough is provided. The device includes at least one optical fiber input, at least one optical fiber output, an optical element having an actuator with at least one tilt axis a... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635650 | Prevention of plasma induced damage arising from etching of crack stop trenches in multi-layered low-k semiconductor devices A method of fabricating a semiconductor device begins by forming a lower interconnection dielectric on a substrate and forming at least one active or passive device in the lower interconnection dielectric. An etch stop layer is formed on the lower interconnection di... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7620323 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of optical transducers with a wavelength division multiplexed optical switch In a WDM optical communication system that includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by communication links, a node is provided that includes a first plurality of transponders each generating and/or receiving an information-bearing optical signal at a different c... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7599619 | Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system having a reconfigurable optical switch and a tunable backup laser transmitter In a WDM optical communication system that includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by communication links, a node is provided that includes a reconfigurable optical switch having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port. The node also includes a ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596313 | Method and apparatus for processing protection switching mechanism in optical channel shared protection rings A method for merging protection switching messages in an optical network enables a control of the amount of message bandwidth used for sending protection switching messages. A method for performing protection switching in an optical network does so in an optimal man... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7586148 | Power semiconductor device having a voltage sustaining region that includes doped columns formed by terraced trenches A method is provided for forming a power semiconductor device. The method begins by providing a substrate of a first conductivity type and forming a voltage sustaining region on the substrate. The voltage sustaining region is formed in the following manner. First, a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574078 | Reconfigurable optical switch An optical switch is provided which includes a plurality of input/output ports for receiving one or more wavelength component(s) of an optical signal. The optical switch also includes an optical arrangement that directs the wavelength component to any given one of t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7560355 | Semiconductor wafer suitable for forming a semiconductor junction diode device and method of forming same A method is provided of making a semiconductor wafer for a semiconductor junction diode device having a target forward voltage drop and a target reverse breakdown voltage. The method begins by doping a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type through the... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7527574 | Transmission having simple construction A transmission for a vehicle. A rotation force generated in an engine is transmitted via a torque converter to an output shaft. Power of the output shaft is transmitted at a right angle at a bevel gear section that includes a bevel pinion gear and a bevel ring gear.... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525183 | Surface mount multichip devices A surface mountable multi-chip device is provided which includes first and second lead frames portions and at least two chips. The lead frame portions each include a header region and a lead region. Beneficially, the header regions of the first and second lead frame... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7501670 | Cascode circuit employing a depletion-mode, GaN-based FET A circuit includes an input drain, source and gate nodes. The circuit also includes a group III nitride depletion mode FET having a source, drain and gate, wherein the gate of the depletion mode FET is coupled to a potential that maintains the depletion mode FET in ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7483147 | Apparatus and method for measuring thickness and profile of transparent thin film using white-light interferometer Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for measuring the thickness and profile of a transparent thin film using a white-light interferometer. The apparatus and method separate coherent light according to frequency, obtain a first interference pattern at each fr... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7469080 | Modular all-optical cross-connect An all-optical, optical cross-connect includes first and second pluralities of multiport optical devices. Each of the first plurality of multiport optical devices have at least one input port for receiving a WDM optical signal and a plurality of output ports for sel... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7465652 | Method of forming a catalyst layer on the barrier layer of a conductive interconnect of a semiconductor device A method is provided for depositing a conductive material in a sub-micron recessed feature formed on a substrate. The method begins by depositing a barrier layer over a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate while under a vacuum of the type found in a vacuum cha... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7466229 | Device for generating plane beam/conical shape beam and security device using generated plane beam/cone beam Disclosed are an apparatus of converting a laser beam traveling straight to a beam propagated in all directions and a security system using the laser beam propagated in all directions. The laser beam traveling straight is incident on a cylindrical prism and repeated... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7460185 | Method and apparatus for automatically correcting image misalignment arising in a rear-projection LCD television display A method and apparatus for projecting an image is provided. The apparatus includes a projector operable to receive a signal representative of an image and to generate light representative of the image. A lens assembly is provided for receiving from the projector the... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7436581 | Apparatus and method for self-phase control with stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugate mirror A method for controlling phases of beams to make relative phases of the beams “0 ” in a beam splitting amplification laser using a stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugate mirror. A procedure of making a phase difference between laser beams reflected from... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422975 | Composite inter-level dielectric structure for an integrated circuit A method is provided for making an inter-level dielectric for a microelectronic device formed on a substrate. The method begins by forming first and second spacer layers over a substrate layer. The spacer layers are formed from a sacrificial dielectric material. Nex... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408639 | Tunable optical routing systems An optical spectral detection device utilizing free space optical beam propagation is provided. The device includes at least one optical fiber input, at least one opto-electronic detection device, an optical element having an actuator with at least one tilt axis, an... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405830 | Vibration-insensitive interferometer The present invention relates to vibration-insensitive point-diffraction interferometry. For the purpose of obtaining high immunity to vibration, a single-mode optical fiber is used to generate the reference wave, by means of point diffraction, directly from a measu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399113 | Arrangement to produce recipe mixtures The invention relates to an assembly to produce recipe mixtures, with a variable-speed agitator drive, a mixing chamber (1) whose capacity is matched to the desired quantity of recipe mixture and that is enclosed by a lid (9), and an agitator tool (... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394548 | Heterodyne laser interferometer using heterogenous mode helium-neon laser and super heterodyne phase measuring method In the method and a device for detecting the phase of a moving object using a heterodyne interferometer, a heterogeneous mode helium-neon laser is used as a direct light source to increase a measuring speed, a measuring resolution, and minimize the loss of the light... | 07/01/2008 |
| D569884 | Auto wire-feeding welder | 05/27/2008 |
